Charles Stross has announced that he is cancelling his attendance as Fencon XIV Guest of Honor due to the Executive Order signed by President Trump banning citizens of certain countries from entering the United States. Stross will attend Boskone, as well as some business meetings in New York, due to non-refundable tickets already purchased, but will not travel to the US for the foreseeable future after that.

Two awards were presented at DeepSouthCon 50 on June 17. The Rebel Award is presented to a fan who has done things for Southern fandom and the Phoenix Award is for an SF professional who has done things for Southern fandom.

Two awards were presented by DeepSouthCon at FenCon VIII/DeepSouthCon 49 on September 25. The Rebel Award is presented to a fan who has done things for Southern fandom and the Phoenix Award is for an SF professional who has done things for Southern fandom. This year’s awards were presented by Steven H Silver and Toni Weisskopf.

Rebel Award: Brad W. Foster

Phoenix Award: Selina Rosen

In addition, the Rubble Award was presented to a fan for doing things to Southern fandom. This year’s Rubble Award was presented to Bill Parker for bringing Worldcon to San Antonio in 2013.